The sign says “Pray for Obama”, but it’s the scripture quoted below those words that is raising eyebrows: Psalms 109:8.

Psalms 109:8 reads, “Let his days be few, and let another take his office.”

Milton Neitsch Jr., who has lived in Victoria since 1961, says he didn’t intend for people to pick up on the hateful wishes of death and pain surrounding the tiny verse.

I’m not sure how or why Neitsch didn’t think anyone would pick up on his hateful wishes. They’re right there, as plain as day, for anyone to see.

As I did the last time this came up, I’ll provide the context of verse 109:8 so the reader can see how vicious this entire passage is:

Let his days be few;Let another take his office.Let his children be fatherlessAnd his wife a widow.Let his children wander about and beg;And let them seek sustenance far from their ruined homes.Let the creditor seize all that he has,And let strangers plunder the product of his labor.Let there be none to extend lovingkindness to him,Nor any to be gracious to his fatherless childrenLet his posterity be cut off;In a following generation let their name be blotted out.(Psalm 109:8-13)

I close this by predicting that, in the end, the Secret Service will take no action. Unless they find that Neitsch was a direct, imminent threat to the President, they’ll chalk this up as just another disgruntled Christian hick bellyaching about a president he doesn’t happen to like, and leave it at that.